

The tiger stripe ones were based on this Martha Stewart recipe but I added orange gel food coloring to the meringue and was going to add black stripes to the pastry bag. I tinkered around with a couple different meringue recipes in the past and thought I would try making some orange-vanilla tiger striped meringues and maple cinnamon zebra-striped meringues. If you are into organized games with prizes, clearly you could give prizes for the winners of these games and they fit pretty well with the party theme. These games can get kind of rowdy and loud but we had them already and sometimes you need a little “loud and rowdy” at a party! There's a video that explains it on the Amazon page. It's cooperative and silly because the adults can ham it up.

An idea from our family holiday party was to hang a large sheet of paper on the wall with crayons and markers so the kids could make a mural.

We have never been too big on organized games at the parties in my family but I wanted to have some fun things for the kids to do if I caught wind of boredom.

Giant Inflatable Zoo Animals will be a big hit.Dress up the table with WILD Animal Print Table Cloths.For a gold theme, I love these Glitter Zoo Hanging Party Twirlers.This Animal themed birthday pack comes with latex balloons, mylar balloons as well as cupcake picks.Walking Animal Balloons and think they could do double duty: party decor AND party favors!.Check out these easy animal related party decor and supply ideas. You don't need an elaborate party-scape to give your zoo birthday party a wild touch. Here is what we did for games & activities, food and party favors. These ideas could also be used for a safari themed birthday party or jungle themed birthday party and could be easily done for any young kids, not just a first birthday. My cousin gave us a cute “WILD ONE” First Birthday onesie that had a few animals on it so I thought I'd run with that and go for a zoo theme birthday party. Little Big Man turned one in September and I was looking for a fun but low-prep theme for the birthday party.
